Politics
Allow Gov Sani to restore peace in Kaduna – Forum tells El-Rufai
The Kaduna Good Governance Forum, KGGF, has asked former Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai to allow his successor, Uba Sani, to restore peace to the state.
The Forum equally condemned what it described as the harassment and distraction of Sani’s administration by El-Rufai.
Further accusing El-Rufai of threatening Sani with the 2027 general elections, the group condemned what it described as the former governor’s alleged attempts to rewrite history and assert himself as the owner of Kaduna State.
Ekwutosblog reports that El-Rufai backed Sani, who served as Special Adviser, Political and Intergovernmental Affairs, during his administration, to become Kaduna State governor in the 2023 election.
However, the two men fell out shortly after Sani emerged governor, following his victory in the gubernatorial poll.
The Kaduna State House of Assembly is currently probing El-Rufai’s administration, at the instigation of Governor Sani.
In a statement signed by Comrade Richard Amos, the Kaduna Good Governance Forum endorsed Governor Sani’s efforts in healing what it described as the wounds of insecurity and corruption inflicted on Kaduna State during el-Rufai’s administration.
In the same vein, the Forum said El-Rufai’s actions since the face-off with Sani’s government smack of desperation to rewrite history and suit his narrative.
According to the Forum, El-Rufai’s threats against Sani over the 2027 election are a threat to democracy, as only the people of Kaduna State have the right to decide their leader in the next polls.
The Kaduna Good Governance Forum demanded that El-Rufai allow the current administration to continue its work in restoring peace and unity to Kaduna State.
“We urge El-Rufai to desist from any further threats and allow the current administration to continue its work in restoring peace and unity to Kaduna State while focusing on how to explain the theft of Kaduna State money stolen under his watch.
“The Kaduna Good Governance Forum demands that El-Rufai immediately stop his attempt at revisionism, as the people are too enlightened to fall for such a cheap trick.
“For a man who, as governor, precipitated the insecurity that now ravages the entire North-West by placing terrorists and bandits on salary, we are concerned that the threat to Governor Uba Sani is not just about politics.
“This potential to undermine the security of the state and the whole of Nigeria is enough reason for the authorities to speed up identifying and prosecuting the aides he used to steal and launder Kaduna State’s money to retrieve these funds from them and keep the state and the country safe.
“We earnestly hope that the probe of the malfeasance that dominated his administration will be taken beyond his aides, who were mere errand boys, to include El-Rufai himself.
“This malfeasance and his suspected role as a terrorist sponsor must be the core of the security report that ensured he was not confirmed as a minister, even though President Bola Tinubu magnanimously nominated him as one.
“It is the reason he is now a retired former politician who is traipsing the country, trying to form a collective of those who had failed in public office and are too bitter at being rejected,” the statement added.
Human rights activist, Dele Farotimi has said Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, the immediate past Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology is the most honorable among other members of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet.
Farotimi made the remark in a post on X while reacting to the resignation of the Minister.
Ekwutosblog had reported that Nnaji tendered his resignation letter on Tuesday following allegation of certificate forgery.
It was alleged that the former minister forged the documents he submitted to the authorities when he was being screened as minister.
Reacting to the resignation, Farotimi urged others in the government, who have been accused of forgery to follow suit.
He wrote, “I don’t know him, and I no send am. BUT this guy is more honorable than every other person in the cabinet from which he has ‘honorably’ resigned.
“When is the aspiring Hitler of Obiakpor resigning, and would the honorable precedent be following suit?”
Despite his exit as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has again ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the former INEC chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, for an offence relating to contempt of court.
The Court order came a few hours after Yakubu left office as the INEC chairman.
The Action Alliance, AA, had instituted a case before the court challenging INEC and its former chairman, Prof Yakubu, over their non-compliance with the judgment of the Court delivered by Justice Funmilola Demi-Ajayi in suit number FHC/OS/CS/194/2024.
In the said judgment, the court ordered INEC to put the names of the National Chairman of the Action Alliance, Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, and other members of the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, on the INEC portal.
The Court also held that the names of all the state chairmen of the party be uploaded on the INEC portal.
The court held that the elective convention of the party held on the 7th of October, 2023 which produced Omoaje as the national chairman of the party and other NEC members of the party was authentic as it was properly monitored and supervised by officials of INEC in accordance with the party’s constitution and the electoral acts.
However, INEC claimed to have complied with the court judgment, but the party disagreed with the commission, as the name of Omoaje was yet to be uploaded on the commission’s website despite the orders of the Court.
Although the names of the state chairmen of the party under the leadership of Omoaje and those of the NEC members are already on the INEC portal, Omoaje’s name is yet to be uploaded as of press time, a development that the court frowned at.
The court order obtained by our correspondent dated 7th October, 2025, and signed by Mr O.M. Kilani on behalf of the Court Registrar reads in part, “it is hereby ordered that the Inspector General of Police shall cause the arrest and shall charge the defendant/judgment debtors for contempt and committal proceedings within seven days of this ruling.”
The court also awarded a cost of #100,000 against the judgment creditors.
The Senate has officially sworn in two newly elected senators, Joseph Ikpea and Emmanuel Nwachukwu, representing Edo Central and Anambra South senatorial districts, respectively.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio presided over the ceremony during plenary on Wednesday, with the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Ojo, administering the oaths of office and allegiance to the new lawmakers.
Ekwutosblog reports that she swearing in follows recent by-elections conducted to fill two vacant Senate seats, one previously held by Monday Okpebholo, now Governor of Edo State and the other by the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who passed away in July 2024.
Prior to the ceremony, the Senate temporarily relaxed its rules to allow family members and dignitaries into the chamber to witness the event.
Among the high profile guests were former Delta State Governor James Ibori, former Edo State Deputy Governor and Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Sports Philip Shuaibu and other prominent political figures.
Akpabio charged the new lawmakers to diligently study and abide by the senate standing rules.
Ekwutosblog reports that with the addition of Senators Ikpea and Nwachukwu, the Senate now retains its full complement of 109 members.
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